rýja

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rýja. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk rye, Swedish rya (whence Finnish ryijy). Probably from the same root as English rough.

Noun

rýja f (genitive singular rýju, nominative plural rýjur)

  1. rag, cloth
    Synonyms: tuska, pjatla
Declension
Declension of rýja (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rýja rýjan rýjur rýjurnar
accusative rýju rýjuna rýjur rýjurnar
dative rýju rýjunni rýjum rýjunum
genitive rýju rýjunnar rýja rýjanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rýja, from Proto-Germanic *rūjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (whence also Latin ruō, Lithuanian ráuti).

Verb

rýja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rúði, supine rúið or rúð)

  1. to shear
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rūjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (see also Latin ruō, Lithuanian ráuti).

Verb

rýja (singular past indicative rúði, plural past indicative rúðu, past participle rúinn)

  1. (transitive, of sheep) to pull the wool off

Conjugation

Conjugation of rýja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive rýja
present participle rýjandi
past participle rúinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular rý rúða
2nd-person singular rýr rúðir
3rd-person singular rýr rúði
1st-person plural rýjum rúðum
2nd-person plural rýið rúðuð
3rd-person plural rýja rúðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular rýja rýða
2nd-person singular rýir rýðir
3rd-person singular rýi rýði
1st-person plural rýim rýðim
2nd-person plural rýið rýðið
3rd-person plural rýi rýði
imperative present
2nd-person singular rý
1st-person plural rýjum
2nd-person plural rýið
Conjugation of rýja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive rýjask
present participle rýjandisk
past participle rúizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular rýjumk rúðumk
2nd-person singular rýsk rúðisk
3rd-person singular rýsk rúðisk
1st-person plural rýjumsk rúðumsk
2nd-person plural rýizk rúðuzk
3rd-person plural rýjask rúðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular rýjumk rýðumk
2nd-person singular rýisk rýðisk
3rd-person singular rýisk rýðisk
1st-person plural rýimsk rýðimsk
2nd-person plural rýizk rýðizk
3rd-person plural rýisk rýðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular rýsk
1st-person plural rýjumsk
2nd-person plural rýizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: rýja

References

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